plasmodiocarp

American  

[plaz-moh-dee-uh-kahrp] / plæzˈmoʊ di əˌkɑrp /

noun

Mycology.

1. a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.

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Etymology

Origin of plasmodiocarp

First recorded in 1875–80; plasmodi(um) + -o- + -carp

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plasmodiocarp

The plasmodiocarp .6-.8 mm. in thickness and extending from one to several millimeters in length.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

The plasmodiocarp forms very much flattened irregular patches from a few to several millimeters in length or extent.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

Sporangia sessile or plasmodiocarp; the wall a thin membrane, with a more or less thickened outer layer of minute brownish scales and granules.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

The fructification appears to be isolated in each case; the entire plasmodium consumed in a single plasmodiocarp.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

Aethalium a compound plasmodiocarp; the component sporangia branching and anastomosing in every direction, complicate and grown together; the walls of the sporangia a thin membrane, coated with minute, roundish granules of lime.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan